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Alleged sodomy recorded on video and mobile phoneTwo Emiratis, with other two fugitives and a person who is now dead, allegedly forcibly sodomised another Emirati and recorded the act on a video camera and a mobile phone. According to the accusation sheet, in October 2009, AMH, 27, jobless and AIM, 28, employee, participated and assisted the other two fugitives and a third who later died, to sodomise SAM in AMH’s house. AMH brought the victim to his house and the men sodomised him as the video recording that was found on his mobile shows. Four recording sketches each were for...

(AP) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay - a name the company considered offensive. The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code.

Barack Obama's warning against iPod, Xbox 2010-05-11 05:30:00 US President Barack Obama has criticized new forms of technology, such as the iPod and the Xbox. The leader, while addressing students at Hampton University, Virginia, also pointed out that journalists and news outlets these days have become obsessed with superficial coverage. "You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank all that high on the truth meter," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. He added: "With iPods and iPads...

Free Speech: President Obama, while addressing college graduates, condemns our access to new media as a subversion of democracy. Is the iPad a threat to democracy or exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind? At Hampton University in Virginia on Sunday, the president lamented that in an age of text messaging, the Internet and the iPad, information and its unfettered exchange had become a diversion that was putting a strain on democracy. We are not making this up. The "24/7 media environment," he told the students, "bombards us with all kinds of comments and exposes us to all kinds of...

HAMPTON, Virginia — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media.

President Obama's administration has asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer to create a game about reducing the U.S. deficit. Erskine Bowles, co-chair of Obama's fiscal commission, wants the game to be made so the general public can have a go to balancing the budget, reports USA Today. Such a game, should it be created, would be part of the U.S. Government trying to find a solution to addressing the United States' $12.8 trillion debt. Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska says the game could "go viral."

The video game industry posted another disappointing sales month in the U.S. in February, with revenue down 15% from a year ago. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories totaled $1.26 billion, vs. $1.48 billion in February 2009, the NPD Group said late Thursday. Sales of game consoles took the biggest hit last month, with revenue down 20% to $426 million. “Honestly, I had expected the industry to perform somewhat better this month,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “Nonetheless, strong new releases, and Easter gift-buying bodes well for industry performance in March.”

It's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now. Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, totally fresh operating system will appear in phones this year, but not until the holidays. All of the major wireless carriers and every likely hardware maker are backing it, and they'd be stupid not to. It's awesome. Further details...

A 15-year-old boy told Buffalo Grove police that his parents had taken away his video game system and asked whether they were within their rights. They were, police told him. The teen called 911 about 12:50 p.m. Sunday but then hung up, said Cmdr. Steve Husak. Officers went to the house, and after hearing the story, told the youth that his parents have the authority to take away his Xbox as punishment.

Beware of banned Xbox 360s loosed in ballooning numbers on auction sites and distribution lists featuring online classified ads. In the wake of Microsoft's ban of "a small percentage" or "around 600,000" or "up to one million players" (depending who you read), the Xbox-excommunicated are apparently leaping overboard to offer their 'modified' Xbox 360 systems rife with dozens of games, extra controllers, special revs of custom firmware, all for anywhere from a buck to the price of a new system on up to boutique (perhaps joke) pricing of over a thousand dollars. Last Wednesday, November 4, Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson'...

Angry Barry is a political parody high definition 2D side scrolling beat em up in the tradition of classic titles such as Bad Dudes. It is a purely independent title created with an ‘indie’ mentality – making whatever game you want to make without corporate pressure dictating what is created. This game is released for X-Box Live (on X-Box Live, check your Community Games tab, and then go to Action/Adventure games) for the lowest cost possible (400 points), and will be released in the coming months for the PC. In ‘Angry Barry’ you play the role of the titular...

A Canadian who is selling a Sarah Palin-signed Xbox 360 video game system on eBay said he drove three days up the Alaska Highway specifically to meet the outgoing governor at one of the Governor's Picnics. David Morrill of Vimy, Alberta, said he pushed to the front of the greeting line and asked Palin to sign the Xbox as proof he met her. It was "one of the greatest thrills of my life," Morrill told the Journal. He has received one anonymous bid for his Xbox, for which he's asking at least $1.1 million.

Forget the Xbox 360 elite; have you heard of the Xbox 360 Palin? Sure, it’s got the same hard drive and performance specs as your average Pro model, but this edition was somehow signed by Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate. There’s even a picture that proves she put her John Hancock on the top side of the console. Reportedly, a man from Alberta, Canada, grabbed the signature at a governor’s picnic in Wasilla last month, just before Palin left office. So if you’re interested in all things Idahoan-turned-Alaskan-turned-political-trainwreck, head over to Ebay where...

A former Guantanamo “terrorism” detainee who walked away a free man in 2005 will shoot his way out of the U.S. prison in a new Xbox 360 video game based on the camp. Moazzam Begg, who spent nearly two years in the U.S. detention camp without charges, will play himself in the game, which could rake in £3 million ($5 million). Rendition: Guantanamo lets players control a detainee trying to shoot his way out, meaning the game's creators needed to know the layout of the prison. Begg has been consulting on the project, under development for more than a year...

THERE can be only one thing worse than not getting the present you want this Christmas – and that’s finding your most wanted gift is just an empty box. But that’s exactly what happened to this young lad – who thought he was unwrapping the Xbox360 console he had been dreaming of all year.

A reader who spends too much time with his Xbox sends over many more images of Obama ads embedded in video games. LINK to screenshots of ads: http://www.politico.com/static/PPM106_obamascreenshots.html

A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an Xbox with a couple of hookers in a Texas motel. The credit card company involved said it was regular practice to send extra credit cards out as long as...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2008 – Deployed troops have no doubt been in fights they’d rather have avoided, but thanks to a new program, they can now pick their battles, and have some fun doing it. “Pros vs. GI Joes” is a California-based troop-support group that’s offering servicemembers deployed throughout the Middle East the chance to challenge professional athletes on their favorite Electronic Arts game via Xbox Live. “(It’s) not your typical ‘support the troops’ nonprofit organization that packages up all the good stuff that our troops miss when they’re deployed,” said Greg Zinone, founder of Pros vs. GI Joes....

This is a scream. Some kid playing an online multiplayer game of Call of Duty 4 gets distracted from the gameplay to ogle a poster of a half naked girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR-QIMrqC-o

Call of Duty 5 Confirmed Guitar Hero 4 and more in the works too. by Martin Robinson, IGN UK UK, December 3, 2007 - Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero 4 are both in development just hours after news of the company's merger hit the wire. And while the news is unlikely to come as a shock, if Activision Blizzard's recent boasts are anything to go by we could see both of the series reaching bigger and better heights. Indeed, during a conference call held today Activision CEO Robert Kotick and Jean-Benard Levy spoke...